World Day of the Sick was started in 1992 by Pope John Paul II to encourage prayers for those who are sick and for their ...

The head of the Archdiocese of New York won't be leaving immediately, even as he reaches the mandatory retirement age.

The comments are some of the Ortega government's harshest attacks yet against the Vatican, after it accused Catholic ...

As the director of the Vatican Observatory, known informally as “the pope ... Catholic Church’s history in science goes back to before Galileo. Many Jesuits served as astronomers at the ...

Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to lead a major Vatican department, appointing an Italian sister to take charge of the office that oversees the world's Catholic religious orders.

Sport has gradually displaced traditional religion on a functional level. Today, many spend their Sundays with sport rather ...

In a rare public rebuke, Pope Francis criticized the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, indicating that Vice ...

Under normal conditions, a pope releasing a highly personal memoir about his life would create quite a few headlines. However ...

discussed: "The Catholic Church ... 2 See especially n. 29, where the Pope quotes in inverted commas Proposition 21, formulated by the Synod Fathers themselves. 3 Insegnamenti di Paolo VI ...

Dr. Donna Orsuto If one thing became clear during the recent synod conversations across all continents and settings, it was ...

Here’s a closer look at 21 profiles shaping the Catholic ... Pope Francis places on diplomatic experience in a rapidly changing world. Archbishop Rolandas Makrickas, A familiar face in the ...

The following address was delivered this evening (Sunday 9 February) by Bishop Tom Deenihan, Bishop of Meath, at the Embassy ...